Rough & Ready Mine, Montana Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rough & Ready Mine | Mine |
| Montana Mine group | - not defined - |
| Ruby | Town (Former) |
| Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District) | Mining District |
| Oro Blanco Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 27' 30'' North , 111° 14' 14'' West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~0km
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‡Ref.: Andrus, D.E. (1931) Milling methods and costs at the Montana mine concentrator of the Eagle-Picher Lead Co., Ruby, Ariz.: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular IC6497, 15 p.
Head, R.E. (1941) Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division, 44. Microscopic Studies, Physical characteristics of some low-grade manganese ores: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations R.I. 3560, 12 p.
Warren, H.V., and Loofbourow, R.W. (1932) The occurrence and distribution of the precious metals in the Montana and Idaho mines, Ruby, Arizona: Economic Geology: 27(6): 578-585.
Fowler, G.M. (1938) Montana mine, Ruby, in Some Arizona ore deposits: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 145: 119-124.
Fowler, G.M. (1951) Oro Blanco or Ruby district, Chapter V, in Arizona zinc and lead deposits, Part II: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 158: 41-49.
Knight, L.H., Jr. (1970) Structure and mineralization of the Oro Blanco mining district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 172 p., 7 sheets, scales 1:1,200, 1:6,000, 1:16,000, 1:24,000, 1:60,000, 1:62,500, and 1:358,000.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 65 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
Mineralization is the Rough & Ready vein.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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